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Bengal readies 18.61 acres in West Midnapore for industry

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- Ahead of the upcoming Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), the West Bengal government has initiated a fresh exercise to prepare unallotted land at the Sahachawk Industrial Park in... Read More


Foreign court can hear divorce despite Indian marriage: HC

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that divorce proceedings may be pursued before a foreign court even if the marriage was solemnised in India, and that Indian courts should not rest... Read More


Bengal to conduct river surveys under Ghatal Master Plan

Kolkata, Dec. 15 -- The West Bengal government has planned to conduct field survey work along key river stretches in West Midnapore as part of the Ghatal Master Plan, a long-pending flood management i... Read More


Med college can't deny admission over payment mode: Calcutta High Court

Kolkata, Dec. 15 -- The Calcutta High Court has directed a private medical college in West Bengal to admit a NEET-UG aspirant who was unable to complete his admission on the last scheduled day after b... Read More


KMC launches mobile AC mortuary van service, eases load on Peace World

Kolkata, Dec. 14 -- In a major civic initiative aimed at easing distress for bereaved families, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has launched a mobile air-conditioned mortuary service that allo... Read More


False charges against spouse constitute mental cruelty: Calcutta High Court

Kolkata, Dec. 14 -- The Calcutta High Court has granted a decree of divorce to a husband, holding that false and unsubstantiated allegations of serious marital abuse, particularly when contradicted by... Read More


Bengal plans Rs 7.19 cr solar high-mast lighting project

Kolkata, Dec. 14 -- The West Bengal government has initiated steps to install 274 solar high-mast lighting systems across multiple districts as part of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 'Amar Para Amar... Read More


Ballistic mismatch sinks murder conviction: Calcutta HC acquits one

Kolkata, Dec. 12 -- The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction of one Babai Sk @ Papai Sk in a 2015 firing incident near Lalbagh Sub-Divisional Hospital in Murshidabad, after finding that th... Read More


Kolkata Port plans commercial hub at former Shaw Wallace site

Kolkata, Dec. 11 -- A once-familiar corner of Hyde Road-earlier home to the British-era Shaw Wallace & Co. Ltd.-is now headed for a fresh lease of life as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) h... Read More


Lawyer can't face trial sans conspiracy proof: Cal HC

Kolkata, Dec. 11 -- The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against an advocate empanelled with Vijaya Bank, holding that a lawyer cannot be sent to trial without evidence that he was... Read More